Staple-receiving clip for concrete posts.



PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

H. GIESSEL. STAPLE RECEIVING CLIP FOR GONGRETE POSTS.

APPLICATION FILED MARS, 1905.

on m A enric i- HENRY GIESSEL, OF WAPAKONETA, {ll-H0.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. April 17, 1906.

Application filed March 6, 1906. Serial No. 248,720,

To all whom 2125 may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY GrnssnL, o. citizen of the United States, residing at Wanakoneta, in the county of Anglaize and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Staple-Receiving Clips for Concrete Fence-Posts; end I do hereby declare the following to bee full, clear, and e:. "i. description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtoins to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a novel construction in o. staple-receiving clip for concrete fcnccosts, the object being to provide a device 0. this character which will enable stapies to be driven into and withdrawn from such posts without in any way fracturing or otherwise affecting such posts; and it consists in the features of construction hereinaff ter hwy described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is afragmentary central vertical section of a concrete fencepost having clips constructed in accordance with my invention embedded therein, one of said clips being shown in side elevation and the other in central vertical section. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fi 2, showin a modified form of construction.

Concrete fence-posts are rapidly taking the close of wood posts, particularly on farms,

ut while very advantageous by reason of their great strength and durability have been unsatisfactory by reason of the-difficulty experienced in fastening tent wires thereto.

My present invention is designed to obviate this difiiculty by providing means for reinovsbly securing such wires, and to this end- I rovide shcct lnetal clips, preferably mode 0 scrap shoot-steel or galvanized iron of relatively light gage. The said clips are formed from ob ong blanks of substantially double the length of their width. in the ends oi scid blank 1 press or otherwise forin grooves B, which are substantially cor-shaped, the ends of said grooves being isposed in closer proximity than the middle portion therco'f that is, the ends of said grooves converge. After forming said grooves B in opposite ends of said blank A on one side thereof the same is bent midway between its ends to bring the grooved ends together, so that the grooves register with each other and form a pesrshaped passage, which is cylindrical in crosssection.

- The middle portion of the blank is preferably bent to substantially cylindrical form, as at C in Fig. 2, the grooved ends forming flanges 6o abutting against each other and being so securely held in any convenient manner-such, for instance, as folding the corners D of said flanges over upon one of same, as shown in Fig. 1such flanges being obviously further tic condition, so that the free ends oi the flanges are flush with one face of the post or with the bottom of 'a recess or depression G in the latter. When the concrete has become set, the clip or clips will be rigidly held therein, and the fenceovire H can be then secured to said post by means of a staple J driven into the passages formed by the grooves B,

the ends of said staple being forced to follow the contour of such passage and being bent thereby to ogee curves, the free ends of said staple overlapping in the bottom of the passage. The said recess or depression G serves to cause the fence-wire to be slightly bent to enter same, and such bend therein efiectually prevents said wire from becoming slack.

Should it become necessary to renew the wire or again stretch the same, the said staple J can obviously be readily removed and a new staple inserted.

My said device is exceedingly cheap and, ef nclent and serves to render concretefenceposts suitable for all purposes.

1 claim as my invention 1. A cli for concrete fence-posts, con1prising a mom post and having one end disposed flush with one face of said post, said member being provided with a U-shaped pssssge having converging ends, the mouth of said converging ends being disposed in said end of said memxo 5 ber which is flush with one race of'said post.

'2. A staple-receiving metallic clip for concrete fenceosts comprising a member adapted to be em added in the post and having an enlarged inner end, one end ofssid member 31,0

form the 70 or adapted to be embedded in the zoo being suhstantiaily flash wiih one face of said post, said member being provided with a suhsta'ntiaiiy oi-shaped massage adapt-ed to receive the staple and having converging ends the mouths of" Whioh are disposed in the end ofsaiii membcr which is flush with one face of said post.

3. Tho combination with a concrete or othcr composite fence-post, of devices 0111- bci'idcd therein for receiving fastening do vices for securiiw wires or the iike to said post-s, said oinbeiiiicd devices being provided with bent between their ends and having *iheii IIlOuLhS (iis )osed in one face of ihe post, said embedded evices GZLChCOIHPEiS- ing astrip of sheet metal hoot between its ends and pro" grooves adapted to register with each other when said free ends are brought into contact with each other to i'orm the aforesaid passage. 4. 'ihc. oombmation mid a concrete or tied at iis f"e o ends with amass other composite fcnce-posi;, of devices cii1- beddcd therein for receiving fastening" dsvices for securing wires or the like to said posts, said embedded devices being provided with passages bent between their ends and having their mouths dis osed in one face of the post, said embeddeo devices each eomprising a strip of sheet metal bent between its ends and provided at iis free ends with grooves adapted to register with each other when said free ends are brought into contaci; with each other to form the aforesaid pas sage, said grooved ends being secured together.

In testimony whereof i have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY GIESSEL, Witnesses E. W. Hams, Y M. l SHANKLIN 

